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<b>Hi Ceki, </b>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Per the JDK 16 schedule , we
are in the Release Candidate Phase</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <b>[1] .</b></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please advise if you find any
issues while testing the latest Early Access builds.</span></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo1"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Schedule for JDK
16</span></li>
<ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level2 lfo1"> <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">2021/02/04
Initial Release Candidate</span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level2 lfo1"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">2021/02/18
Final Release Candidate</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level2 lfo1"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">2021/03/16
General Availability</span></li>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo1"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Release Notes [2]</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 35<b>
</b>is now available at <a href="http://jdk.java.net/16">http://jdk.java.net/16</a>
</span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">These
early-access, open-source builds are provided under the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html">GNU
General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception</a>.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Features [3] - the
overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be
targeted to this release.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Changes in recent
builds that maybe of interest:</span></li>
<ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level2 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Build 34:</span></li>
<ul type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level3 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8259025:
Record compact constructor using Objects.requireNonNull</span></li>
<ul type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level4 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Reported by
JUnit5</span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level2 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Build 32:</span></li>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="square">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l2 level3 lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">JDK-8259014:
Incomplete support for Unix domain sockets in Windows 2019
Server</span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK 16 - topics of
interest:</span></li>
<ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level2 lfo3"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Unix domain
socket channels (JEP-380) overview:<br>
<a href="https://inside.java/2021/02/03/jep380-unix-domain-sockets-channels/">https://inside.java/2021/02/03/jep380-unix-domain-sockets-channels/</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level2 lfo3"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Java Feature
Spotlight: Pattern Matching<br>
<a href="https://inside.java/2021/01/22/feature-spotlight-pattern-matching/">https://inside.java/2021/01/22/feature-spotlight-pattern-matching/</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level2 lfo3"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Foreign Memory
Access - Pulling all the thread<br>
<a href="https://inside.java/2021/01/25/memory-access-pulling-all-the-threads/">https://inside.java/2021/01/25/memory-access-pulling-all-the-threads/</a></span></li>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">General – topic of
interest:</span></li>
<ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level2 lfo3"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Inside Java
Episode 11 “How to contribute to OpenJDK” with Stuart Marks
and Jesper Wilhelmsson<br>
<a href="https://inside.java/2021/01/29/podcast-011/">https://inside.java/2021/01/29/podcast-011/</a></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Project Lanai <a href="http://jdk.java.net/lanai/"> EA 9 Build 17-lanai+2-49
(2021/1/20)</a> is available now</span><br>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo4"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">These early-access
builds are provided under the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html"> GNU
General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo4"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">EA builds are
intended for developers looking to test and provide feedback
on using Project Lanai.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo4"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">This is a
macOS-specific project which implements a new Java 2D graphics
rendering pipeline for macOS.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo4"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Project Lanai
Wiki: <a href="https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/lanai/Main">
https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/lanai/Main</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo4"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please send
feedback via e-mail to <a href="mailto:lanai-dev@openjdk.java.net">
lanai-dev@openjdk.java.net</a>. To send e-mail to this
address you must first <a href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/lanai-dev">
subscribe to the mailing list</a>.</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Project Loom <a href="http://jdk.java.net/loom/"> Build 17-loom+2-42 (2021/1/14)</a>
based on </span><a href="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/releases/tag/jdk-17%2B5"><span style="color:blue">JDK-17+5</span></a> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">is available now</span><br>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
level1 lfo5"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">These early-access
builds are provided under the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html"> GNU
General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
level1 lfo5"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">These builds are
intended for developers looking to "kick the tyres" and
provide feedback on using the API or by sending bug reports.</span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l5
level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">API Javadoc : <a href="https://download.java.net/java/early_access/loom/docs/api/">https://download.java.net/java/early_access/loom/docs/api/</a></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
level1 lfo5"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please send
feedback via e-mail to <a href="mailto:loom-dev@openjdk.java.net">
loom-dev@openjdk.java.net</a>. To send e-mail to this
address you must first <a href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev">
subscribe to the mailing list</a>.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">OpenJDK 17 Early
Access build 8<b> </b>is now available at <a href="http://jdk.java.net/17">http://jdk.java.net/17</a></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level1 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">These
early-access, open-source builds are provided under the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html">GNU
General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception</a>.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level1 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Changes in recent
builds that maybe of interest:</span></li>
<ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level2 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Build 8:</span></li>
<ul type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level3 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8222850:
Misleading cascade compiler error in switch expression
with undefined vars</span></li>
<ul type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level4 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Reported by
jOOQ.</span></li>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level3 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8217633:
Configurable extensions with system properties</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level3 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8249867:
DOM LSSerializer control of newline after XML header</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level3 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8256421:
Added 2 HARICA Root CA Certificates</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level3 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8259801:
Enable XML Signature secure validation mode by default</span></li>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level2 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Build 7:</span></li>
<ul type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level3 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8165276:
Spec states to invoke the premain method in an agent class
if it's public but implementation differs</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level3 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8256895:
Add support for RFC 8954: Online Certificate Status
Protocol (OCSP) Nonce Extension</span></li>
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level2 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">Build 6:</span></li>
<ul type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level3 lfo6"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-<span style="color:black"> 8259048: (tz) Upgrade time-zone
data to tzdata2020f</span></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">January 2021 Critical Patch Update
Released:</span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l6
level1 lfo7"> <span style="font-size:12.0pt">As part of the Jan
2021 CPU we released JDK 15.0.2, JDK 11.0.10 LTS, JDK 8u281,
and JDK 7u291 as well as OpenJDK 15.0.2 (publicly available).</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Rgds, Rory<br>
</span></p>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"> [1] <a href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-February/005062.html">https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-February/005062.html</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">[2] <a href="https://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes">
https://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes</a></span><br>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">[3] <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/">
http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/</a></span><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland</pre>
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